He-Man Fans

The He-Man Movie planned for 2009 and subsequently rescheduled for 2011 again begins to look less likely, as Warner Bros pulls out of the deal. The movie with the working title “Masters of the Universe” required co-operation from Mattel (owner of the franchise) and WB, but they didn’t see eye to eye on it.

Despite WBs pullout, the movie has not been officially canceled. If the movie continues to be worked on, it is expected that John Stevenson would still be the director, but it would require a change in director and maybe other lineup. As Film Junk put it:

The move from Warner was expected though since they recently decided to devote more of their time towards DC Comics and their respective properties, which meant that other projects of the same nature would most likely get dropped. Mattel, however, hasn’t given up on the movie just yet and director John Stevenson (who directed the horrid animated feature Kung Fu Panda) is expected to remain with the project which they are actively searching to get set up elsewhere.

We will report on new developments as news about them surface.

He-Man returns to the stage in an upcoming live-action movie, scheduled for 2009. Details are mostly on the level of rumors, with no announced cast as of yet. The new movie will be produced by Joel Silver and the Warner Brothers, with Justin Marks as writer.

We here at He-Man Fans are eagerly awaiting the movie. The 1987 movie, Masters of the Universe, was a fiasco, so we are definitely hoping they won’t err two times. As the movie is rumored to have great funding, there is hope that we will see a much better version this time.

There are no official word on casting or direction yet (except that there is none), but the plot will allegedly go something like this:

A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and the evil Skeletor.

The script is said to be complete and a version of it has been read and reviewed by some. Some rumors and spoilers concerning the script are circulating around the blogosphere.